Pretty much no one, according to a new survey of 46,554 undergraduates conducted by Universum, an employer-branding consultancy.

The tech company ranked as the No. 1 ideal employer for undergraduates pursuing degrees in business or computer science and IT, No. 2 for humanities and liberal arts students and No. 3 for engineers (behind Boeing Co. and NASA). It even snagged the No. 6 spot for natural science students, behind the obvious picks of the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Cancer Society and Environmental Protection Agency. (See the full rankings here.)

Students were asked to identify which companies they were “considering,” based on a list of 230 firms tailored to their disciplines. (They could also write in their own choices.) They then chose up to five “ideal” employers from within that group.

Everyone wants to be a Googler.

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One in five of the nearly 16,000 business students surveyed ranked Google in their top five; the next most desired company was Walt Disney Co., which made the list for about 14% of business students.

The company’s star power comes from a few things: a well-regarded consumer brand, a positive employer image thanks to a unique internship program, and the size of its recruiting effort, says Kevin Troy, head of research and insights for Universum’s Americas unit. And Melissa Bailey, president of the Americas arm, says Google’s transparency regarding job expectations appeals to Millennial students.

Meanwhile, many consulting firms –standard destinations for business students – climbed the ranks this year to be even more popular potential employers, partly because they’ve been recruiting more aggressively on campus, Bailey says.

No. 4 EY (formerly Ernst & Young) (+0)

No. 6 Deloitte LLP (+1)

No. 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers (+1)

No. 10 KPMG LLP (+0)

No. 28 Boston Consulting Group Inc. (+11)

No. 29 McKinsey & Co. (+13)

No. 39 Bain & Co. (+13)

No. 60 Accenture PLC (+20)

No. 94 McGladrey LLP (+41)

No. 133 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. (+9)

No. 154 Booz & Co. (-5)

No. 158 Huron Consulting Group Inc. (+38)

No. 169 Oliver Wyman (+28)

Consultancies were also attractive options for engineering students, who can put their expertise to use advising companies with thorny technological problems. Based on a sample size of nearly 8,000 students, Accenture, Deloitte, McKinsey, BCG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Booz Allen Hamilton all jumped by more than 20 spots. Accenture topped the group at No. 49.

Of course, for all those companies to rise, other employers needed to fall. Wary of shrinking budgets and unimpressed with opportunities for innovation, engineers turned away from government jobs en masse:

No. 2 NASA (-1)

No. 12 Department of Energy (-3)

No. 24 Central Intelligence Agency (-6)

No. 25 Environmental Protection Agency (-10)

No. 35 Department of Defense (-4)

No. 36 Federal Bureau of Investigations (-11)

No. 37 U.S. Air Force (-20)

No. 46 U.S. Navy (-12)

No. 51 Peace Corps (-12)

No. 52 National Institutes of Health (+4)

No. 67 U.S. Army (-14)

No. 71 National Security Agency (-25)

No. 72 Centers for Disease Control (-9)

No. 83 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (-6)

No. 95 Department of State (-23)

No. 158 Department of Veteran Affairs (+4)

No. 193 Department of Treasury (-23)

No. 218 U.S. Postal Service (-32)

“It’s a combination of what the government agencies aren’t doing and what the companies are doing,” Bailey says of the shifting interests. Consulting firms have been more aggressive in recruiting talent, while shrinking resources have limited government agencies’ pull.

Students are deciding on their favorite firms with information from companies themselves, according to Universum: More than half of respondents said they used employer websites to learn about the companies, up from 42% in 2011. More are paying attention to career fairs, too (33% versus 25%), but students say traditional advertising in newspapers, on the radio or on billboards aren’t doing the trick these days.

Overall, students appear to be casting a wider net as they hunt for jobs. Business students who responded to the survey “considered” opportunities–but did not apply at–an average of 29.5 companies and listed 4.1 “ideal” firms, up from 24 and 3.7, respectively, last year. Engineering students also tagged more companies (26.3 versus 21.6 considered, and 4.0 versus 3.7 ideal.)

“I don’t think it has to do with indecisiveness so much as open-mindedness,” Troy says, noting that students are starting to see more companies come to campus than in recent years, so they’re just aware of more options.

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